UK: Met clamps down on hate crime
More than 300 police officers across London made one arrest for homophobic attacks and nine for racist crimes. The operation comes shortly after a racist incident in Camden, where an Iraqi woman in Muslim dress was hit with a toolbox, kicked and spat at. - (Hellcat)

UK: Vimbai Chakudungahauled his dying wife from the passenger seat of their wrecked car to blame her Vimbai Chakudunga hauled his dying wife from the passenger seat of their wrecked car — so he could blame her for the crash, a court heard yesterday. Vimbai Chakudunga, 28, told passers-by his fatally injured wife Claire, 30, had been driving, it was alleged. He failed a breath test and refused a blood test claiming he had not been driving. Nottingham Crown Court heard that CCTV footage showed him at the wheel. - (reader link)

UK's 'Mr. Bean' Attacks Religious Hatred BillBritish comedian Rowan Atkinson -- creator of the hapless "Mr Bean" -- attacked a planned law outlawing incitement of religious hatred on Monday, saying it would curb free speech and humour. Atkinson believes the measure now passing through parliament will make religion virtually off-limits to satirists. It might even, he fears, lead to prosecutions, not only for some of his own sketches but for others like Monty Python's "Life of Brian," which was criticized on its release in 1979 for being anti-Christian. "Freedom of expression must be protected for artists and entertainers," he said. "We must not accept a bar on the lampooning of religion and religious leaders." - (The Bobster)

Hungarian Citizenship Referendum FailsThere are some 2.5 million ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries, the result of the post-World War I dismantling of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.The fate of ethnic Hungarians, especially in Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine, has been a charged issue.

MY HELL.. BY THE SOCCER 'GANG RAPE' GIRL, 15SEX 'VICTIM' IN AGONY AS BLACK FOOTBALLERS WALK FREE
The schoolgirl who was "roasted" by a gang of footballers last night revealed how she tried to kill herself twice after her group sex ordeal. Angie (not her real name) Jones said she was taken to a dingy bedsit by a boyfriend and passed around for sex by the cheering men who behaved like a "pack of animals". Angie, who was just 15 at the time, told Kingston Crown Court she was left bleeding and in agony after up to 12 men took turns to have sex with her. She said some of the gang smoked cannabis through a pipe and played porn and "snuff" movies as they passed the naked girl around. She was devastated when the judge threw the case out last week, deciding that her evidence was unreliable and inconsistent, although he condemned the men's behaviour as "wholly disgraceful" and said it amounted to a "gang bang".

UK: Churches warned over 'gay slurs'
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for church traditionalists opposed to homosexuality to stop using inflammatory words about gay people. Dr Williams says anti-gay words must be repented. He said "harsh language can lead to murder." - (Madkins) Lev 20:13If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.

UK:
Bucks player on rape chargeA
Telford United footballer has appeared in court charged with rape, the
club revealed today. Central defender Dion Scott, 23, was remanded
in custody after appearing in court in Redditch this week, the club said.
A spokesman for North Worcestershire Police today said: "He was charged
with rape and appeared at Redditch Magistrates Court on November 23. It
was in connection with an allegation of rape which occurred in Redditch
on November 14."
Ref: Player
profile: Dion Scott

Europe:
Racists target black soccer players
Spanish fans jeered and taunted three black players with monkey-like
"Ooh, ooh" grunts and arm gestures. "Racism is returning
all over Europe," Mr. Boyce said. "This is not only about
the Spanish. It's happening in other parts of Europe.

Paris:
French-Arab Slum Youths Joined Insurgency
The two teenage friends hardly seemed like Islamic radicals. They
smoked marijuana, drank beer, listened to rap and wore jeans. Yet
the pair of French Muslims died insurgents in Iraq -- one a suicide
car bomber, say relatives who traced the young men's path from the
slums of Paris through a religious school in Syria to the fight against
the U.S.-led coalition next door.

Berlin:
al-Qaida Suspect's Extradition Blocked
Germany's highest court on Wednesday temporarily blocked the extradition
of a Syrian-German businessman indicted by Spain on charges
he is a key al-Qaida figure. Earlier in the day, authorities in Hamburg
said they had approved the extradition of Mamoun Darkazanli
a day after a state court cleared the way for his expulsion

UK:
Soccer gang-rape girl gives evidence A girl allegedly gang-raped by a group of black footballers did not
have the energy to escape, a court has heard. The teenager, who was 15
at the time, told Kingston Crown Court she was made to perform sex acts
on up to 12 men at a flat in Brockley, south-east London. Grimsby Town's
Terrell Forbes, 23, denies one count of rape in March. Philip Mighton,
23, Darren Wallace, 23, Ashley Campbell, 21, Kevin George, 21, and Shane
Sutherland, 21, all from south London, also deny rape charges. - (reader
link)

Ultra-Radical
Muslims Draw ScrutinyAn ultra-radical Islamic ideology mixing zealot-like devotion
and holy war creed is drawing more scrutiny in anti-terrorist probes
from the Middle East to Europe -- with increasing indications that
its base on the fringes of Islamic extremism could be widening. Officials
in the Netherlands say the Dutch-Moroccan suspect -- accused
of killing Van Gogh
on a busy Amsterdam street earlier this month -- hosted gatherings
of immigrants influenced by the Egyptian-founded Takfir ideology,

Synagogue
Aide Shot to Death in Belgium
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- An Orthodox Jew died Thursday after being shot
in the head outside his home in one of Western Europe's most visible
Jewish communities, the target of several recent attacks. Investigators
said it was too early to tell if the killing was the first deadly
strike in the upsurge of anti-Semitic violence in Antwerp, Belgium's
second city and a major seaport.

Kurdish
Rebels Using European Bases
The recent Dutch raid against a suspected military training camp used
by Turkish Kurdish rebels is the largest crackdown against the group
in Europe, which has become a base for autonomy-seeking militants
to collect money, recruit and train, authorities say.

Scotland:
Vampire-Style Killer Found Dead in Prison
A Scottish man convicted of murdering his best friend, whose blood
he said he drank in an effort to gain immortality, was found dead
in his prison. Prison officials would not comment on the suspected cause
of death of 23-year-old Allan Menzies. British media reported that
Menzies had committed suicide.

The
Camp of the Saints by Michael Gilson De Lemos
When I was a young man in Europe there was a vogue for what was called
invasion literature. Several underground science fiction epics
explored what would happen if the unthinkable occurred and there were
mass invasions of Europe and America...

George
Washington's Farewell Address
"Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe,
entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition,
rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer
clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world..."